netfs: Make a netfs helper module

Make a netfs helper module to manage read request segmentation, caching
support and transparent huge page support on behalf of a network
filesystem.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-and-tested-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
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Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/160588496284.3465195.10102643717770106661.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # rfc
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161118135638.1232039.1622182202673126285.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # rfc
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161161031028.2537118.1213974428943508753.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161340391427.1303470.14884950716721956560.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161539531569.286939.18317119181653706665.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161653790328.2770958.6710423217716151549.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v5
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161789071202.6155.16519256513958534906.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v6

fs/netfs/Kconfig

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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+config NETFS_SUPPORT
+	tristate "Support for network filesystem high-level I/O"
+	help
+	  This option enables support for network filesystems, including
+	  helpers for high-level buffered I/O, abstracting out read
+	  segmentation, local caching and transparent huge page support.